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Missouri State Agencies and Institutions, 1837

Agency Name Major Serial Publications Supplementary Information
Adjutant General (Militia Department)   History thesis (1999)
History book (1987)
Governor

Messages & Proclamations
or Full Text in Hathi Trust

Dissertation (1907)
Penitentiary   History book (2004)
Treasurer, State    

 

According to evidence in the 1836 Journal of the House (see image below), some topical issues were being addressed in legislative standing committees, which as of that year included the following:

  • Committee on the Judiciary
  • Committee on the Militia
  • Committee on Education
  • Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
  • Committee on Internal Improvements
  • Committee on Claims
  • Committee on the Seat of Government
  • Committee on Elections
  • Committee on the Public Salines
  • Committee on the Justice of the Peace
  • Committee on Revised and Unfinished Business
  • Committee on Accounts
  • Committee on Engrossed Bills
  • Ways and Means Committee

Read more in the source: 1836 Journal of the House (full text)